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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Vose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06420 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 May 1795 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

Discusses furniture and stores and also gives Vose directions regarding the placement of rooms and goods for the house that he (Knox) is building. Pages are severely water damaged with very blurry writing.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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